Tanner is a Naval Special Warfare Cognitive Performance Specialist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant passionate about helping elite athletes and performers perform at their best. A native of Door County, Wisconsin, he received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Athletic Coaching from Marian University in Wisconsin before obtaining his Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling, specializing in Sport and Health Psychology from Adler University, Chicago. Tanner is a former collegiate baseball player who earned all-conference honors during his days on the field. He has continued to focus on his love for baseball working with athletes of all ages in the field of sport psychology. His professional work includes serving as a Master Resilience Trainer at Fort Gregg-Adams, VA, in the Ready and Resilient (R2) Program, Cognitive Performance Specialist at Fort Huachuca, AZ, and currently at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA. As a Cognitive Performance Specialist, Tanner is responsible for teaching and training evidence-based mental performance skills to Special Operators with an emphasis on application to their personal and professional lives. He has provided customized mental performance workshops for numerous units at Fort Huachuca, including the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade and members of Special Boat Team 12 at NAB-Coronado, focusing on energy management, team cohesion, attentional control, confidence, self-talk, leadership, sleep, and work-life balance. Tanner has had the opportunity to travel to provide cognitive performance training to Soldiers and DA Civilians across numerous US Army installations, including Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, TX, Fort McCoy in Sparta, WI, and virtually with United States Military Academy at West Point. Tanner has also worked one one-on-one with a wide variety of Soldiers, athletes, and future mental performance consultants to help guide them toward achieving their professional and personal goals. He is responsible for working with senior leaders to recognize and address the factors of optimal performance through mental skills training designed to maximize leader attributes and accelerate unit excellence.